LOS ANGELES : L.A. Housing Authority to Reopen Waiting List

Starting June 1, the Los Angeles Housing Authority will once again take applications for a waiting list for housing for low-income people, senior citizens and the disabled.

The agency stopped taking applications last June when it had more than 24,000 and fewer than 100 vacancies each month among its 8,600 units.

But by dropping no-shows and ineligible applicants, the list was cut to just over 10,000, said Lucille Morris, director of housing management.

The list is still discouragingly long, she acknowledged, but she said there were virtually no applicants for the top-priority groups seeking one- or two-bedroom units.